Pittsburgh City Council (Legistar) · May 15, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026

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Resolution 2026-0530 · Pittsburgh City Council

Passed

Pittsburgh has approved an update to its official sewage facilities plan to allow Duquesne University's proposed School of Health Sciences building at 1208 Forbes Avenue to connect to the city's sewer system.

Official title›

Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 1208 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 at no cost to the City.

Topic
Water, sewer & utilities
Money
none named
Who it affects
Duquesne University and the Uptown neighborhood
Sponsors
—

Where: 1208 Forbes Avenue.

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Record

What happened, and who voted how

  1. May 27, 2026

    City Council

    meeting page

    Referred · Read and referred

  2. Jun 9, 2026

    City Council

    meeting page

    Passed · Passed Finally8–0, 1 absent

    • Anthony CoghillY
    • Barbara WarwickY
    • Bobby WilsonY
    • Deborah L. GrossY
    • Erika StrassburgerY
    • Khari MosleyY
    • Kim SalinetroY
    • R. Daniel LavelleY
    • Robert Charland—

Source text

From the legislative file

..title
Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 1208 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 at no cost to the City.

..body
WHEREAS, SECTION 5 of the Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, No. 537, known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act," as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (the "Department") adopted thereunder, Chapter 71 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, requires the City of Pittsburgh to adopt an Official Sewage Facilities Plan (the "Official Plan") providing for sewage services adequate to prevent contamination of waters of the Commonwealth and/or environmental health hazards from sewage wastes, and to revise said plan whenever it is necessary to determine whether a proposed method of sewage disposal for a new development conforms to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management; and

WHEREAS, Duquesne University has proposed development of DU School of Health Sciences located at 1208 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, Allegheny County, at block and lots 2-L-101, in the City of Pittsburgh and described in the attached Sewage Facilities Planning Module (the "Planning Module") for land development and proposes that the project be served by 1 sewer tap-ins to the City of Pittsburgh sewage systems; and

WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Water Sewer Authority, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, the City of Pittsburgh Planning Department and the Allegheny County Health Department have reviewed the respective components of the attached Planning Module regarding each authority/department's expertise and have approved the respective components as explained in the attached Planning Module.  

WHEREAS, based upon the approval of the above authorities and departments, the City of Pittsburgh finds that the project described in the attached Planning Module for land development conforms to applicable zoning, subdivision, other municipal ordinances and plans, and to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management.


Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1.	The City of Pittsburgh hereby adopts as a Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan the above-referenced Planning Module for land development, at no cost to the City, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Said Planning Module includes the proposed 1208 Forbes Avenu

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Water, sewer & utilities

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